Dr Nicholas Ng is a composer, performer and full-time Research
Fellow at Queensland Conservatorium Griffith
University.

Nicholas Ng obtained a PhD in composition/ethnomusicology in 2008
with E/Prof Larry Sitsky and Dr Stephen Wild (ethnomusicologist)
at the Australian National University. He has a Bachelor of Music
(1st class honours) in composition and musicology from the
University of Sydney where he was a student of Prof Anne Boyd,
Prof Allan Marrett, Ross Edwards, Dr Matthew Hindson and Dr
Kirsty Beilharz.

A keen performer, Ng plays the erhu (Chinese
2-string fiddle) and is in the constant search for new
performative contexts from contemporary dance to meditation
circles. He has performed at the Sydney Opera House Studio, Sun
Yat-Sen Memorial Hall (Taipei) and Merkin Concert Hall (New York
City). He periodically tours in William Yang's Performing Lines
production, China (2007-present), which has
been invited to various festivals such as the
KunstenFESTIVALdesarts (Brussels), Melbourne International Arts
Festival, the OzAsia Festival (Adelaide) and the Push Festival
(Vancouver). Nicholas Ng has appeared solo and in ensemble at the
Chinese Gardens Chamber Music Festival (Sydney), National
Multicultural Festival (Canberra), Woodford Folk Festival
(Woodford), Music by the Sea (Brisbane) and in 2009, at the
Parliament of the World's Religions with Dr
Kim Cunio, Heather Lee and Tunji Beier. In the same year, he
performed in Erik Griswold's Clocked Out production, The States.

As a composer, Nicholas Ng has composed for the Melbourne
Symphony Orchestra, Foundation for Universal Sacred Music,
Saitenwind, The Song Company, The Australian Voices, Chronology
Arts, United Nations Association of Australia, Australian
Choreographic Centre, Tugpindulayaw Theatre, Sydney-Asia Pacific
Film Festival, the Art Gallery of NSW and the Gallery of Modern
Art, Brisbane. Published by Orpheus Music, his compositions have
been broadcast on ABC Classic-FM and awarded prizes such as the
2005 Orpheus Publications Composition Prize. He is now developing
a commission of three sacred compositions for the Cathedral of St
Stephen.

A former lecturer at the School of Music, Australian National
University, Nicholas Ng has presented papers on his research
topic (Australian Chinese sacred music in Sydney) at conferences
including the 38th International Council of Traditional Music
World Conference, University of Sheffield (2005) and the 3rd
Asian Australian Identities Conference, Curtin University (2009)
and continues to research Chinese music in diaspora. His academic
publications include:

Ng's music is often a sonic exploration of his
Chinese roots whereby he draws from his research into secular and
sacred music in and from China. In February 2009, he was
engaged by Prof Huib Schipers (Director, Queensland
Conservatorium Griffith University) to program and curate
Encounters: Musical meetings
between Australia and China (6-9 May 2010), a four-day event
involving leading artists and scholars from the two
countries. The event successfully integrated local and
international scholars and artists including The Song Company,
which premiered a new work by 18 Australian composed based on the
historical Harvest of Endurance scroll.

In recent months, Nicholas Ng has performed in
Queensland Conservatorium's fast-developing SoundSpace project and
composed a new work for The Australian Voices based on a Han
Dynasty bronze mirror and the poetry of the late Neville Thomas
Yeomans (Queensland poet). He has also given a joint concert of
sacred and secular music with Dr Kim Cunio and Heather Lee as
part of Blacktown Performing Arts Centre's Echo Music
Series.

Nicholas Ng is currently finalising a soundtrack
for the Indian Oceans Productions webdocumentary, China to
Australia.